Flock around, find out: Flock apparently decided to reinstall all of the ALPRs they recently took down in Evanston. One problem though: they didn't consult Evanston about it. The city sent a cease & desist letter, and Flock has "committed to promptly removing the cameras." Full story here ⬇️

UPDATE: Senate Dems have asked State and Commerce Inspectors General to open formal investigations into Steve Witkoff and David Sacks, based on NYT story examining multibillion $$$ crypto/chips deals. Third Senator promises to use his power to investigate the matter www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve audit now 172 days overdue protos.com/audit-of-us-...

The broadcasters here will do what the social platforms never had the courage to do - loudly state that they can make whatever programming decisions they want and the gov should stay out of it. This is because they are not also defense contractors :(

Sharing for this strong opening graf. “President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...” newrepublic.com/post/200749/...

NEW: Jaguar Land Rover announced today that it will keep its factories shutdown for yet another week, at least until October 1, due to a cyberattack. The company has still not committed to a date to resume operations. techcrunch.com/2025/09/23/j...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

“Well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides.” genuinely in awe of this one from Chotiner lol www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

NEW: Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, has been accused by family members of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren. Elon has repeatedly had to intervene, a secret that’s spanned generations. Our months-long investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

top signal nymag.com/intelligence...

it’s a good movie too www.kickstarter.com/projects/swp...

This is my love letter to my favorite product: electric cargo bikes www.theverge.com/transportati...

Autistic and neurodivergent people deserve far better than a government looking to prevent their existence, let alone one that will invent fictitious ways to do so that puts everyone in danger

Make Pedestrians Die Again www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

simpsons lede wins!!! techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/t...

Holy shit RFK Jr just used the idea that we should "believe all women" to defend the idea that vaccines might have caused their kids' autism, I am INCANDESCENT with rage

"lol no of course there's literally no painkillers you can take if you get pregnant, what are you, some kind of wimp" is an interesting message for a pronatalist administration

Lotta bleak stuff out there today but not sure anything can top 'you can now shop the war in Gaza on TikTok' www.theverge.com/tech/782540/...

crazy expert 👇

The move comes a week after the automaker axed plans to produce an all-electric Ram pickup truck.

uhhhhhhhhhhhh

For TechCrunch, I wrote about Unit 221B, a cybersecurity company that's recently made a name for itself by tracking today's top English-speaking hacking groups, including Scattered Spider, and helping to disrupt their operations. Now the company has raised $5 million to focus on the threat.

just an excellent piece of reporting and writing nymag.com/intelligence...

just boldly obvious this is being made up on the fly, like so many other "policies" put in place, including the bit where they shout at the public for daring to realize that it's being made up on the fly

There's a reason they chose this spot: it's in rural North Louisiana, one of the poorest places in the country, a place national media barely knows exists, a place with essentially no local journalism, where people and resources can be exploited (and lied to) with no consequence

a while back i got to do a fun thing with my old pals at @theverge.com, and now it's finally coming out October 5th! hope y'all will watch.

Docs reveal how deeply embedded Palantir’s tools were in ICE's investigative unit. For example, they used a Palantir app to plan a gang takedown & when a target was not at the expected location they used the same app to find the person at their family's address. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

yeah, fuck this!

OpenAI won't say whose content its video tool was trained on. So @nitasha.bsky.social & @kevinschaul.bsky.social did a deep dive and turned up some telling clues... www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

You know how every podcast is a video now? Well ... If you like seeing my face when I talk about tech news, then today is your LUCKY DAY. (Better still, you get to see @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social + @mzeff.bsky.social) techcrunch.com/2025/09/19/t...

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

THIS is the kind of order judges should be issuing against performative complaints.

man in charge of a finacial regulator whose explicit mission is to protect investors: "eh, let's FAFO"

At this point, the wisest move for any parent would be to follow whatever the CDC advice was in 2024. In this particular instance, MMR/chickenpox vaccine has demonstrated to be safe. Any new recommendations this year are compromised by the replacement of expertise with anti-expertise and paranoia.

"The complaints are even more widespread on Tesla internet forums, where drivers describe similar mishaps without usually posting videos. NBC News found 40 examples on Reddit, X, and YouTube since 2023, including posts as recent as August." - @davidingram.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com

Ahhh yep, the SEC just dismissed its case against Ozy Media and Carlos Watson. Comes six months after Trump commuted Watson's sentence in the criminal fraud case. www.sec.gov/enforcement-...

congrats to the people trying to paint the Kimmel stuff as not being a 1A violation, the president let you dangle for less than 24 hours before kneecapping you

presence that is compromised by a camera being pointed directly at your companion's face lol

NPR talked to some of the national guard troops who are patrolling the streets of DC, asking them what they think about their current assignments

NEW: More than 500 pages of #FOIA docs @zhirji.bsky.social @davey.bsky.social & I obtained from FEMA detail previously unreported threats against personnel in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene & Milton, including the swatting of then-FEMA Director Deanne Criswell 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

fallon dipping to avoid controversy is actually giving attendees of this session the purest look at what "Staying 'On Brand'" really means

The new docs on hurricanes Helene and Milton reveal unreported details, including the doxxing of at least 7 senior FEMA staffers. The records also highlight how misinformation remains a major threat to the agency amid recent cuts to its staff and funding www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the megalopolis doc is real good stuff www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

New from me: Filings from a Virginia lawsuit offer a rare insight into how often Flock automatic license plate readers track people going about their daily lives: Multiple times a day, and hundreds over a period of a few months this year.

Reuters’ investigations team has been on an absolute tear. The latest is this stunning report that shows how purported immigration officials at Thai airports are a key part of human trafficking for cyber scams. www.reuters.com/graphics/SOU...

Trump aims to not just tear up clean tech, but also salt the soil. His crusade is having an impact, will do lasting damage - and is, in one sense, pathetic. @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

imagine now, of all times, believing that tech and politics are separate things

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

This is a weird way to end cancel culture!

Fitting that it’s a song inspired by what Kris Kristofferson told Sinead O’Connor after an arena full of Bob Dylan fans booed her off the stage at Bobfest